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flarp
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Mar 14, 2018
I've tried a decent variety of different lights. I have different ones I like for different purposes.
My EDC is an Olight S1 Baton. It's small, bright, has a good short to medium range beam pattern, decent battery life on a RCR123, and the magnetic tailcap is surprisingly useful. The S1 Mini Baton is basically the same, except in a smaller package. The only reason that isn't my top EDC pick is because the pocket clip is single-position (lots of accidental power-ons for me, carrying the light in my back pocket).
My general purpose outdoor light (camping, hiking) is the Zebralight SC600w. I like the UI and range of modes on the Zebralights a lot. It really is one of the most versatile lights I've used. Very bright, great beam pattern, good battery life on 18650, and about as compact as a 18650 light as I've seen.
Some honorable-mention lights for EDC are the Eagletac D25C and Zebralight SC53w. The D25C was a long-time EDC, but my preferences shifted towards side switches. If the SC53w had a magnetic tailcap, I'd very likely be carrying that over the S1 Baton. For a general purpose outdoor and work light, the Fenix PD35 and ThruNite TC12 were my go-to's before I got the SC600w. Both are great lights too, but I found I liked side switches more as I used them more.
My "tactical" lights are a Klarus XT11GT and one of those knock-offs of the Nitecore Tiny Monster lights w/ 7 XM-L LEDs in it. The Klarus has the instant access to the strobe mode, which can be very disorienting, and the TM clone is just so overwhelmingly bright that it could be used to blind a potential attacker. Honestly, I don't use this category of lights much, so I don't have any real applicable experience with what makes a good tactical light.
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